ImagePrint Black Client Install (Mac)

Use this document to set up ImagePrint on your Mac, enabling you to print wirelessly to the Photography Lab Epson printers and simultaneously utilize ImagePrint color/print optimization.

 Instructions

1. Visit https://www.colorbytesoftware.com/print-black.shtml and click the “Download for Mac” button

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2. Run the .pkg file you downloaded.
   
   

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3. Click “Allow” to begin the installation.
   
   

    

4. Click “Continue”
   
   

    

5. Click “Continue”
   
   

    

6. Click “Install”
   
   

7. Click “Agree” to accept the license agreement. You must agree in order to use the software.
   
   

    

8. Verify you have the required amount of disk space available, then click “Install”
   
   

    

9. Click “Launch IPSetup” to begin adding printers to the software. You can also do this later by running the “IPSetup” program in Applications > ImagePrint.
   
   

    

10. Click “Add Printer”. Disregard the “No dongle attached” message, you will not need a dongle or any license information.
    
    

     

11. Click “Continue”
    
    

     

12. Check the “I don’t have a license code, I want to run Demo Mode” box and click “Continue”.
    
    

    
    
    

13. Select the “Black” radio button and click “Continue”.
    
    

     

14. Select the model of printer you’re adding and click “Continue”. We have SureColor P800 and SureColor P900 models currently in use. The printers in the back of the lab are labelled with their model and name on the server for reference as needed.
    
    

15. Enter the name of the printer. The name you enter must match the label on the printer exactly to ensure your jobs go to the correct device when you send them. Choose the “No (Remote Client computer) radio button. Click “Continue”.
    
    

16. Enter “10.0.13.29” for the IP address when prompted here and click “Done”.
    
    

     

17. Click “Close” to complete the installation. If you want to add additional printers, you can run IPSetup from Applications > ImagePrint and go through the above steps again for each additional printer.
    
    

     

18. To print:

    1. Export the image from your editing software.

    2. Open ImagePrint, then choose “File > Open” and open the image you exported.

    3. Make any necessary adjustments per your instructor’s directions.

    4. Select the printer you want to send the job to in the “PRINTER:” box on the right side of the application.

    5. You will need to select a paper profile. Work with your instructor for the appropriate media type.

       1. Note that this will need to be done for each different printer if you intend to use more than one.

    6. Download and apply the paper profile using the “MEDIA MANAGEMENT” box on the right side

       1. NOTE: You must select/download and apply a paper profile or your jobs will NOT print.

    7. Adjust any other settings per your instructor’s directions.

    8. Open the SpoolFace application

    9. In the “Computers” menu, ensure the print server (IP address you entered) is selected and not “Local Host”.

    10. Choose “Queue” and ensure the “Pause Printing Queue” box is de-selected.

    11. In the ImagePrint software, choose “File > Print”.

        
        
        

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